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[SŪ. 3. 3. 48 ADH. 20 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 685 CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 48 "ON ACCOUNT OF INSEPARABLE ADJUNCTS AND THE REST, LIKE THE SEPARATENESS OF OTHER COGNITIONS, AND (BECAUSE IT) IS SEEN, THAT HAS BEEN SAID." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "On account of the inseparable adjuncts" like hymns, recitations and so on 1, mentioned in the text. "By mind the cups were taken in them" (Śat. Br 10 5.3, 3 2), and on account of direct scriptural statement and the rest,3 the sacrifice consisting in meditation is indeed different, "like the separateness of other vidyās", such as, the Śāṇḍilya- vidyā and so on This being so, an injunction is to be supposed "And" it is "found" that in the case of what is similar to a mere state- ment, e g. in the passage: "What alone one does with knowledge" (Chānd. 1.1.10 4), an injunction is supposed. It has been "stated" as well: "But the texts, on account of being new" (Pū. Mī. Sū. 10.4.22 5) and so on. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection stated above, viz. that because of the non- mention of an injunctive word in the text: "By mind alone they were placed" (Śat. Br. 10.5 3, 3), and because we do not perceive their connection with a fruit,—to say that they are subordinate members of a sacrifice consisting in meditation does not stand to reason,— (the author) replies: The sacrifice consisting in meditation is indeed different from the sacrifice consisting in action, and (hence) the fact that they (i.e. fires) are the subordinate members of the former does stand to reason. Why? "On account of the inseparable adjuncts and the rest," i e. on account of the inseparable adjuncts, transference, Scripture and so on. Among these, the inseparable adjuncts, (i.e. the attendant performances) are stated in the text: "By mind the cups were taken in them" (Śat. Br. 10.5.3, 3). As a sacrifice consisting in action and

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1 This last portion "like . . . so on" is omitted in the C.S.S. ed. 2 Ś, R, Bh, Śk. 3 See V.P.S. 3.3.47. 4 Śk. 5 P. 453, vol. 2. R, Śk.